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Originally Posted by Drew.
See i see things a lot more differently now. For ages we've tried different duos at centre mid and we've never had a consistent pair which i agree with you on. But Xhaka (avoiding any injuries) will sit in that midfield for years to come, he knows his role and does it well. Rarely does he ever get too far forward and join in on attacks. He's got such an intelligent footballing brain and his passing is ridiculous. Elneny was one of our best players after we signed him, Cazorla, Coq, Ramsey, Wilshere.. our midfield looks better now than it has done for so long. The days of Ox playing there are gone now.
A midfield of Xhaka, Cazorla and Ozil.. we're lucky.
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I agree Xhaka is clearly gonna play alot of games for Arsenal. Not sure about the midfield you're proposing as Wenger never plays 433. I think he should and I think players like Walcott and Ox etc might thrive in a 433 where they are more likely to be one on one with a fullback but Wenger doesn't play it for reasons only he knows. As Wenger prefers a 4231 its likely Xhaka will be one of the two with one other. Here s where only Wenger knows what going on as he played a duo of Ramsey and Cazorla against Olympiakos at home in the ECL a game that ended 3-2 to them and you only need to look at their third goal to see everything that is wrong with playing those two as the holding mids. So even though we seem to have good players in that position our manager is a law unto himself and some of his midfield combinations have been bizarre. Hope fully Xhaka will be the reliable midfielder we have been looking for ages.